Another major milestone in the area of sustainability in sport, this time for the Czech Olympic Committee, was the approval, by its Executive Committee of the Implementation Plan putting in practice…
With most of the project outputs published and eight month remaining until the end of the project, one could think that the ASAP Team would take a breather to contemplate about the job well done. Yet…
“We need to act (boldly), innovate (broadly), and implement (equitably). It’s going to take all of us. All in. Businesses, governments, and citizens — everyone accounted for, and everyone accountable…
December 2021 marks the end of the second year of the ASAP project. And what a year it was! Despite the global pandemics-related restrictions and challenges that the sport sector had to face this…
Arriving to the Danish House of Sport in Copenhagen felt like a little celebration. On 11-13 October, the ASAP team was to re-unite face-to-face after 19 long months. Even though the ASAP team…
If one were to choose a single word to describe the Tokyo Olympics, “exceptional” would come to mind as one of the top contenders. “Exceptionally” postponed by one year; organised in an “exceptional”…
While the topic of sustainability is slowly making its way on the agendas of sport organisations around the world, in Europe, we have been witnessing a truly exponential growth in interest in the…
With its fourth meeting, the ASAP team has entered the second half of the project’s implementation; one and half years which will be full of hard work, enriching discussions and valuable exchanges…
In the National Olympic Committee And Sports Confederation Of Denmark (DIF), we are aware that hosting sport events have an impact on the environment. However, sport events can also be an interesting…
‘Lead the Change’ is the motto and hashtag for sustainability work within Finnish sports. Change towards more equal, ethical, and sustainable sports culture is a common goal for the entire Finnish…
The German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB), a partner and mentor in the ASAP project, adopted its own sustainability strategy in 2019 and is now on the road to its implementation.
The issue of waste in sport, and generated by sport activities and events, is becoming ever more important as we witness nature being polluted by plastic bottles, oceans being covered by islands of…